17A bus timetable
Looking for the 17A bus? 15 different bus routes are numbered 17A across the UK and Ireland, run by 15 operators in 8 areas. They are separate services that happen to share a number — pick yours below for its timetable, stops, live map and fares.
A letter on the end usually marks a variant of the plain-numbered route — a different terminus or a peak-hour extension — and what it stands for is up to the operator. What bus route numbers mean
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17A bus in South East England
2 routes
- Debden — Debden circular via Loughton Stephensons of Essex · not Sundays · 08:35–16:35 · 9 buses a weekday
- Luton — Luton circular via Stopsley, St Annes Centrebus · not Sundays · 07:05–19:00 · 24 buses a weekday
17A bus in South West England
1 route
- Swindon — Penhill to Swindon via Pinehurst, Walcot West Swindon's Bus Company · weekdays only · 06:05–18:12 · 11 buses a weekday
17A bus in East Midlands
1 route
- Northampton — Northampton to Brixworth via Spring Park, Buckton Fields Stagecoach Midlands · weekdays only · 07:20–17:26 · 4 buses a weekday
17A bus in West Midlands
3 routes
- Birmingham — Birmingham to National Exhibition Centre via Digbeth, Yardley National Express West Midlands · 04:05–23:14 · 70 buses a weekday
- Coventry — Finham to University Hospital via Stivichall National Express Coventry · 06:07–23:49 · 59 buses a weekday
- Dudley — Priory Street to Stourbridge Bus Station Diamond Bus · weekdays only · 06:45–16:05 · 2 buses a weekday
17A bus in North West England
3 routes
- Collyhurst — Shudehill to Rochdale via Stakehill Bee Network · weekdays only · 04:55–07:04 · 4 buses a weekday
- Kirkby — Queen Square Bus Station to Kirkby Industrial Estate. Gale Road Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire · 04:56–23:27 · 46 buses a weekday
- Warrington — Old Hall to Oakwood via Warrington, Orford Warrington's Own Buses · weekdays only · 06:23–08:05 · 5 buses a weekday
17A bus in North East England
1 route
- Middlesbrough — Middlesbrough to Stockton via Linthorpe, Thornaby Arriva North East · 06:48–20:35 · 51 buses a weekday
17A bus in Scotland
3 routes
- Aberdeen — Bucksburn to Kincorth via Woodside, Aberdeen First Aberdeen · Sundays only · 06:55–18:03
- Cowdenbeath — Cowdenbeath to Kelty Bay Travel · 18:02–23:24 · 12 buses a weekday
- Johnstone — Johnstone to Govan via Paisley, Cardonald McGill's · not Sundays · 05:49–20:05 · 3 buses a weekday
17A bus in Northern Ireland
1 route
- Downpatrick — Downpatrick to Newcastle via Castlewellan, Maghera Ulsterbus · not Sundays · 07:00–16:40 · 17 buses a weekday
Frequently asked questions
Where does the 17A bus run?
15 buses are numbered 17A, in Birmingham, Aberdeen, Northampton, Luton, Dudley, Middlesbrough, Kirkby, Downpatrick, Johnstone, Collyhurst, Warrington, Cowdenbeath and 3 more places. Each one is listed above by area, with its timetable, stops and live map.
Why are there so many different 17A buses?
Route numbers in the UK are chosen locally — by the operator, or by the local transport authority that tenders the service — not from any national list. Nothing stops two towns hundreds of miles apart both running a 17A, and 15 of them do. The 17A in Birmingham has no connection to the 17A in Aberdeen: different operator, different road, different timetable.
How do I find the right 17A bus timetable?
Find your part of the country in the list above and open the 17A that starts or finishes near you — each one links to its full timetable, every stop, a live map and its fares. If you know the stop you'll be waiting at, searching for the stop name instead gives you the next departures from that exact stop, which is more reliable than any timetable.
Is the 17A bus the same route in every town?
No. These are 15 unrelated services that happen to share a number, run by 15 different operators. Fares, timetables and accessibility differ on each one, so always open the specific 17A for your area.
What does the “17A” in the bus number mean?
A letter on the end usually marks a variant of the plain-numbered route — a different terminus or a peak-hour extension — and what it stands for is up to the operator. It is a convention operators choose to follow rather than a national rule, so check the specific 17A for your area in the list above. See our guide to what UK bus route numbers mean for the letters that are reliable and the ones that are not.
Looking for the next bus rather than a timetable? Stops near you shows live departures. Browse all bus routes, every operator or timetables by town. Data from operators via the DfT Bus Open Data Service — see all sources.